“Skiing is a lifetime sport and an example of that is you can do it with multiple generations you know, parents, children, grandparents, it’s a lifetime sport and it’s what we do in Minnesota and if you don’t ski you can certainly tube,” McClure said.

Which is exactly what we did.

While much of the day was below freezing, it’s certainly more bearable than it has been lately, and the youngsters are right, it’s easy to forget about the cold when you’re having fun.

And even with ice crystals on this skier’s eyelashes, he says today was a piece of cake.

“It was a lot colder yesterday and I was here yesterday so this isn’t that bad compared to yesterday,” Alex Kaizer said. “I’ve been here on colder days, definitely.”